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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:05 PM Original message |
Is there a hidden agenda in the current anti-smoking craze? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nope. They are just doing something they should have done a long |
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Waya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Yea, well....with all the crap in the air these days ............ |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. That is true. There is lots of awful stuff out there. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. I agree. I smoked for years and I think about the times |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 11:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
103. why the hell would you leave windows up when you smoked |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 08:54 PM Response to Reply #103 |
155. Maybe because it was 100degrees outside and it would be kind |
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ObaMania (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 10:36 PM Response to Reply #155 |
156. It's not what they did.. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-02-06 12:14 AM Response to Reply #155 |
158. no.... i have NEVER done that before, ever |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 01:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
109. Smoking supports republicans and the bush regime. That alone is reason |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. they should do the same with fatty foods- |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:40 AM Response to Reply #29 |
114. There is no such thing as second-hand fatty food exposure. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 08:41 PM Response to Reply #114 |
153. Don't know about that |
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IthinkThereforeIAM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. Let's ban alcoholic beverages... |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Sigh. Not another straw man argument. |
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sproutster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
81. There were 16,694 alcohol-related fatalities in 2004 – 39 percent |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 11:24 PM Response to Reply #81 |
100. Straw man argument. |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 08:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
93. Have you ever smoked? |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 11:23 PM Response to Reply #93 |
99. Sorry, those are all excuses for an addiction. |
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Lucy - Claire (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 04:08 AM Response to Reply #99 |
117. Second hand smoke |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
96. The voice of reason.... |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 11:25 PM Response to Reply #96 |
101. You're welcome. I do too. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. something to keep the sheeple occupied |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. There ya go... distraction!!! n/t |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #23 |
122. It's a funny thing about threads such as these... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-02-06 10:51 AM Response to Reply #122 |
159. Interesting you should mention that |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. You mean the one yelling at mothers for smoking while pregnant |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Smoking around children is abuse and child endangerment. there |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. What about |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. I'm capable of attacking more than one battle at a time. I have never |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
40. I'm with you. The nanny state stops at the front door |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
65. Stop it. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 06:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
146. That's nonsense. We stop parents from doing all kinds of things - |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. so is taking kids to fast-food restaurants... |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. At a fast food restaurant, you can find healthy food. At a regular |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. first-hand use of sugary soft-drinks are worse for kids- |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. They serve milk at fastfood places. And water. The vast majority |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #47 |
62. then the same should be true of smoking and everything else. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:03 AM Response to Reply #62 |
113. SO IF a parent chooses to beat a child, we should ignore it? we do |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 05:16 PM Response to Reply #113 |
140. if it's done within the law- YES. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 06:14 PM Response to Reply #140 |
145. And if the law forbids smoking in the presence of children, then parents |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 08:40 PM Response to Reply #145 |
152. what about parents who park their kids in front of the tv as a babysitter? |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
49. I'm glad you're not my friend. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:36 PM Response to Reply #49 |
135. I'm glad you're not my mom. n/t |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 06:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
83. If a parent has a blood alcohol level above .08 |
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ncrainbowgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 08:33 PM Response to Reply #83 |
89. if the .08 BAC parent was driving,in some states, it's an added charge... |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
95. Whoa! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 11:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
104. 25 years in jail and throw the children in foster home. screw em all |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 01:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
110. i'm so glad people like you weren't near me when i was a kid. |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 10:48 AM Response to Reply #110 |
119. Me too |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #110 |
120. Me Three!! |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 06:28 PM Response to Reply #110 |
148. I really wish people like me had been around me when I was a child. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
130. SEIG HEIL MEIN FUHRER!! |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #130 |
136. For a lame personal attack. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes. |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. You hit that one on the head. |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Excellent point... |
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Waya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Yea...what you said......... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Hear hear!!! |
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World Traveller (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. I lived for 9 years in E. Houston area w/ refineries, chem plants |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 08:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
92. Its also a diversion from providing health care coverage |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 11:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
102. You're allowed to smoke in your own home and on your property, |
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rumpel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 02:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
111. A win win for insurance and pharma -polluters |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
132. No one is cranking up... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. Nope. |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. When they start demanding Mandatory AIDS testing |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. yes |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Why not harass the tobacco industry? |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. because smoking is a choice ... |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes, there is an agenda. |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Exactly! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. No- if you were really a nonsmoker, you'd know that we're just jealous. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. I am a nonsmoker. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. I'm not sure where the hypocrisy comes in. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. I should have specified "former smokers" |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. I feel bad for people who can't quit. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #61 |
84. Too busy smoking pot.... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 04:06 AM Response to Reply #84 |
116. Thanks. Yeah, as your husband can no doubt attest, it's a rotten way to go |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
79. That was outstanding. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. A logical policy would legalize marijuana and outlaw tobacco. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. A recent study proved marijuana smoke NOT harmful |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. I agree that cigarettes are more addictive and deadly |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Consenting is fine. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Hey- guess what? |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. Just google |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. Anti-smoking actually covers for an anti-worker agenda. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
24. Some people are just control freaks. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Vignettes on smoking. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. I'm a non-smoker, not a control freak. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
51. If you butted into my conversation at a restaurant, I'd have |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. If someone had deliberately blown smoke into my 9 month old baby's face |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 05:38 PM Response to Reply #56 |
144. that was my thought! WTF ! |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:54 PM Response to Reply #51 |
77. Do you have trouble processing reasonable thought? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #77 |
125. Yes, and DU also forbids me to express contempt for you. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #125 |
129. since you answered "yes" |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. I grew up in the midwest and was taken to school every day in the winter |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. There's always a hidden agenda. Another step toward an Orwellian |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. The hidden agenda is protecting my health and the health of children. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. My child is none of your business. |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #52 |
69. Does Your Child Attend A PUBLIC School? |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
71. Do You Support LAWS That Require |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
55. Do you live in a city? Do you drive a car (giant SUV maybe)? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. And liberty can damn well step out to the curb to light up- |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. "Those that will surrender essential liberty..." |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Okay, say a smoker walks into an ICU at a hospital and lights up. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:03 PM Response to Reply #72 |
94. It's not about a right to smoke it is about the government asserting its |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:46 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. Actually, the law works just fine. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #97 |
126. Actually, the law doesn't work "just fine", it just doesn't effect you |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #126 |
141. There are no "outlaw" bars where I live, the legit ones are doing fine |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Gee -- That Surrender of Liberty |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. The corollary to your rights ending where my nose begins |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #75 |
87. I Think It is Perfectly OK For THe Government |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #87 |
98. If you look at my other posts, you'll see that my dad died of lung cancer. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. The voting rights act was all about expanding liberty, the exact opposite |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. Ah, Yes...The "Slippery Slope" |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 08:27 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. Inevitably, we will see. Buh bye. n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
70. So you are in the camp of the welcomers? |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
33. I say no. It has simply taken many years for the overwhelming medical and |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. When cigarette smokers start getting thrown in prison for 5, 10 years |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
35. From a public health standpoint, Lung Cancer is not a problem |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
48. drug addicts will say/do anything to defend their addiction, even |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #48 |
124. So now smokers are responsible for the smoke from housefires? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
58. Why do they want some of us live in pain for the rest of our lives? |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
60. "When Smoking Is Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Smoke" |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. I think restricting smoking in indoor, public places is fine. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
64. I don't believe too many people want to "ban all manner" of smoking. |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. I'm One That Does! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. You go much farther than me. And I was one of those kids in those cars. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 02:09 AM Response to Reply #66 |
112. You Can Do Without The Things Cigarette Taxes Pay For, Too, Then |
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tyedyeto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 01:15 AM Response to Reply #64 |
107. Have you been reading the outrage against smokers on this forum? |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
67. I think so. |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
76. The Puritans used to carry on like this--like the Anti-Smoking Nazis and |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. Excellent post! |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #76 |
85. Perfect example of why I wish we could nominate posts |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 01:00 AM Response to Reply #76 |
106. Funny. |
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tyedyeto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 01:21 AM Response to Reply #106 |
108. I have suffered from people dousing themselves with perfumes/cologne/ etc |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 04:04 AM Response to Reply #108 |
115. Does it cause you end up in an Emergency Department? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 04:13 AM Response to Reply #108 |
118. Let me ask you something; is there ANYWHERE where you think you |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #106 |
123. The same arguments were used for Prohibition of alcohol--that men got |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #123 |
133. I live in California. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:23 PM Response to Reply #76 |
134. What an unusually reasonable post, thank you very much. n/t |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #76 |
137. Nazi? |
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DianeG5385 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
82. I smoked up to this past February. I quit when my mom |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
90. Is smoking being banned in some US states? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
91. On the contrary |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
105. I don't agree with banning period |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
121. It is just that anti-smoking types are totalitarians |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #121 |
127. I agree 100%. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. When I was a smoker I did not mind restuarant bans |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #128 |
131. I think it should be up to the owners and posted on the door. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 05:31 PM Response to Reply #131 |
142. I grew up in the midwest. I *NEVER* saw any animal as a non-smoking bar |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
138. Note to smokers: we think what you do sucks and is rude, legal or not. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
139. Classic case of divide and conquer |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 05:32 PM Response to Reply #139 |
143. Right. Plenty of ways to avoid being stuck inside public places with smoke |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 08:34 PM Response to Reply #143 |
151. Or work to change the laws where you live! |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #139 |
147. Such as changing the laws to prohibit smoking in many places. By |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 08:32 PM Response to Reply #147 |
150. Changing laws is fine |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 08:44 PM Response to Reply #147 |
154. Ah, here's the problem. |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
149. I hadn't thought of that.. |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
157. Yes, there is a hidden agenda..... |
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